[pve-devel] [PATCH manager 0/5] Usability and Esthetics improvement

[Wolfgang Bumiller]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:59:51PM +0200, Emmanuel Kasper wrote:
> On 07/10/2017 11:19 AM, Dominik Csapak wrote:
> > On 07/06/2017 02:01 PM, Emmanuel Kasper wrote:
> >> This patch serie tries to iron out some rough aspects of the UI.
> >> From the usability perspective the first one is the most important IMHO
> >>
> >> Emmanuel Kasper (5):
> >>   Add a "Run task in background"  button to make users feel safer
> >>   Do not display the abbreviated commit SHA-1 in the workspace version
> >>     string
> >>   Close #1268: Show migration start server and migration end server
> >>   Rename the pve-help-button to pve-inline-button
> >>   Improve a bit the esthetics of the User Settings window
> >>
> >>  www/css/ext6-pve.css              |  2 +-
> >>  www/manager6/Workspace.js         |  3 +--
> >>  www/manager6/button/HelpButton.js |  2 +-
> >>  www/manager6/window/Migrate.js    |  6 ++++--
> >>  www/manager6/window/Settings.js   |  7 +++----
> >>  www/manager6/window/TaskViewer.js | 15 +++++++++++++--
> >>  6 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >>
> > 
> > looks good, but one remark on 1/5 Add a "Run task in background"  button
> > to make users feel safer :
> > 
> > i guess this would confuse those users, who already clicked the 'X'
> > and know it will continue the task.
> > they probably will now think that the 'X' cancels/stops the task
> > which is not what we want them to think
> > 
> > i would instead propose trying to use a '-' in the corner,
> > to symbolize only 'minimizing' instead of closing
> 
> I tried this approach, unfortunately it looks even more surprising
> compared to the run in background button approach.
> see this http://imgur.com/a/PoL0P

Should have been a '_', not a '-' (which is probably hard to do with a
round button...).
Personally I find even the minus button better, though?
Is it possible to replace X/- button with a 'Hide' button? Having it as
an additional button like in the lower half of the screenshot is really
weird.